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November 24, 2024
SPH This Week.
Latest News, Research, and More
DEAN'S NOTE
Giving Thanks
in Challenging, Uncertain Times
Ahead of the Thanksgiving holiday, Dean Sandro Galea shares reflections on gratitude in this moment. Read the note.
RESEARCH
Among these skiers, a new study led by Birgit Claus Henn and Kathryn Crawford (SPH'18) detected the highest amount of serum PFAS concentrations in ski coaches and more experienced skiers. Read more.
SCHOOL NEWS
Jessica Hooke, a seasoned speech-language pathologist, pairs her clinical expertise in the rehabilitation of patients after brain injury with her ongoing training in public health to develop and implement prevention, recovery, and community re-integration initiatives. Read more.
SCHOOL NEWS
For SPH's Online MPH, the practicum was embedded within the program itself to help students streamline their experience. Read more.
Interested in the Online MPH Program?
The final deadline to start in January is
December 1, 2024. Learn more.
RESEARCH
Identifying new ways to share information about air quality and extreme heat with community leaders can inform policies that mitigate health inequities and advance local climate adaptation plans, according to new research by Alina McIntyre (SPH'24) and Madeleine Scammell. Read more.
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The truth is that we have much for which to be thankful, and that for which we should be most thankful—the people in our lives and our shared purpose in pursuit of a healthier world—is in fact what is most essential to navigating this moment and making it better.
DEAN SANDRO GALEA
ON EXPRESSING GRATITUDE DURING DIFFICULT TIMES
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TUESDAY
DEC
3
1–2:30 p.m.
PUBLIC HEALTH CONVERSATION—ONLINE
Join SPH for this conversation which will consider how we can better advance health equity in local communities and beyond. We will reflect on themes from the book Ripples of Hope in the Mississippi Delta: Charting the Health Equity Policy Agenda, by SPH Professor David K. Jones (1981–2021), who spent four years visiting the Mississippi Delta conducting primary research with residents and local leaders and exploring the influence of both policy and community-led initiatives on their health.
ALUMNI NEWS
Audrey Hendricks (SPH’11), whose research bridges biomedical science and statistical machine learning, is on a mission to advance inclusion in the sciences, from who joins the field to what questions are asked and for whom. Read more.
PUBLIC HEALTH POSTDental therapists may help alleviate dental care shortages by providing basic treatments, allowing dentists to care for more complex cases, writes PHP fellow Heather Sherr. Learn more. |
PUBLIC HEALTH POSTBillions of cigarette butts are littered across U.S. streets and sidewalks. Marginalized communities bear the brunt of this pollution, writes PHP fellow Lia Musumeci. Read more. |
ICYMI
PUBLIC HEALTH CONVERSATION
REPLAY
On November 20, deans of schools of public health from across the nation convened for a Public Health Conversation moderated by Michael Stein to discuss what’s next for health in the coming years, taking local and national election results into account. Revisit the conversation here.
In the Media.
BOSTON 25
Quotes Matt Motta, assistant professor of health law, policy & management.
NPR
Quotes Davidson Hamer, professor of global health.
NURSE.ORG
Quotes research led by Sarah Lipson, associate professor of health law, policy & management.
PHYSICIAN'S WEEKLY
Mentions research by Emelia Benjamin, professor of epidemiology, and Andrew Stokes, associate professor of global health.
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